Mayu Nozomi was born on October 5,1989 in Tokyo,Japan.She debuted as a junior model with the stage name Hikari.In April and July 2009,she appeared in two gravure videos,Kawaii and Hope!.In November of the same year,she made her AV debut with the video First Impression 45,released by the manufacturer Idea Pocket.

In January 2010,she debuted as a singer with the album "Nozomi",released by Duo Entertainment.In November 2010,she made her film debut as the lead character of the

V-Cinema release "Yankii Joshik "sei 4:Chiba Saiky" Densetsu","Delinquent High School Girl 4".In 2012,she was involved in the music project "Kiss",a J-pop group consisting of her,Aino Kishi and Jessica Kizaki.Their debut album was "Touch My S.P.O.T"..Nozomi also appeared on the "Free-Shobo Akiba Festival",a photo application for "Android",together with other five popular gravure models.

When the major Japanese adult video distributor DMM held a poll of its customers in 2012 to select the 100 all-time best AV actresses to celebrate the 30th anniversary of adult videos in Japan,Nozomi was listed as number 34.At the 2014 AV Open ceremony, Nozomi's video,BEACHY VENUS,for the Idea Pocket studio co-starring Airi Kijima and Aino Kishi won the Super Heavyweight Class Third Place award.